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Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine)
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Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine) is a 1965 French-Italian adventure comedy directed by Philippe de Broca, loosely based on the 1879 novel Tribulations of a Chinaman in China by Jules Verne. Multimillionaire Arthur Lempereur (Jean-Paul Belmondo ) is indeed the richest man in France, but simultaneously it is also unbearably unhappy because they are bored. Together with his fiancée Alice Ponchabert (Valérie Lagrange), her mother Suzy (Maria Pacôme) and her boyfriend Cornelius (Jess Hahn) sail to the Orient and vainly attempting suicide, which is the only way to escape boredom. The moment his ninth attempt fails, gets the message that he lost all his money. And so Arthur covers two million dollars in the event of his death for Alice and his oriental friend Goh (Valéry Inkijinoff), who asks to hire professional killers who would kill him. But just when it happens, he meet with glamorous stripper artist Alexandrina Pinardel (Ursula Andress) and suddenly he very wants to live. No choice but to try to escape all the traps and find Goha, for appeal the killers, from which hatch two insurance agents - Cornac (Paul Préboist) and Roquentin (Mario David,) who are hired to his protect. But the mother Alice for Arthur´s murder hired a Chinese triad.
The following weapons were used in the film Up to His Ears (Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine):
Handguns
Walther Model 9
Alexandrine Pinardel (Ursula Andress) carry on all trips a Walther Model 9 pocket pistol, how she calls her "Browning".
Luger P08
To a normal equipment of gangsters from Chinese triads belongs Luger P08 pistols.
Mauser C96 "Broomhandle"
Insurance agents Roquentin (Mario David) and Cornac (Paul Préboist) as well as some killers carry Mauser C96 "Broomhandle" pistols.
Unidentified revolver
Mafian´s boss Charlie Fallinster (Joe Saïd) owned an unidentified revolver.
Submachine guns
Sten
Most killers from Chinese triads, include his chief Charlie Fallinster (Joe Saïd), are armed with Sten guns.
M1A1 Thompson
Some Chinese triads men are seen with M1A1 Thompson submachine guns.
Rifles
Winchester Model 1894
Cornelius (Jess Hahn) and Suzy Ponchabert (Maria Pacôme) wants to shoot Arthur from a Winchester Model 1894 rifle with a scope.
Machine guns
Browning M1917
Arthur (Jean-Paul Belmondo) together with Alexandrine (Ursula Andress) used the Browning M1917 machine gun.
Hand grenades
Unidentified hand grenade
Insurance agents Roquentin (Mario David) and Cornac (Paul Préboist) handled with an unknown handgrenade.
Mockup Stick Grenade
Chinese killers throws mockup stick grenades, modelled after Model 24 Stielhandgranate, at Arthur's motorcycle.
Others
Mountain Howitzer
Arthur and Alexandrine fires at the killers from the howitzer. It looks like 75mm Japanese Type 41 mountain gun.
